Marques Haynes March 10, 1926– May 22, 2015 Sandy Springs, Oklahoma Booker T. Washington High School Langston University ’46 B.S., Industrial Arts
Guard |
Led the Langston University Lions to 112-3-0 and a fifty-nine-game winning streak Won two Negro National Championships, 1944-45 |
Anchored Langston’s 1946 upset victory of the Harlem Globetrotters |
Created the Harlem Magicians, 1953 |
Basketball Hall of Fame |